On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, USC Shoah Foundation’s Robert Williams discusses the co-opting of historic events and how we — and social media companies — have a part in stopping the spread of lies about the atrocities.
USC Shoah Foundation has redesigned its Visual History Archive, the world’s largest collection of primary source video testimonies from genocide survivors.
Robert J. Williams will lead the institute, which studies and preserves the stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. Joel Citron is named chair of its Board of Councilors.
The USC Gould alum’s visit includes an exploration of some of the institute’s 55,000 video testimonies of genocides around the world.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the interim executive director of USC Shoah Foundation discusses concerns about genocide in Ukraine, the distortion of the Holocaust, and the loss of a Ukrainian Holocaust survivor to the Russian assault on Mariupol.
Executive Director Stephen D. Smith will step down at the end of 2021 but continue to serve the institute as executive director emeritus.
Betty Grebenschikoff and Ana María Wahrenberg hadn’t seen each other since their families fled Berlin. More than 80 years later, astute work by a foundation indexer brought them back together.
Portraits of Holocaust survivors appear alongside interactive testimonies in Facing Survival, a USC Fisher Museum of Art and USC Shoah Foundation collaboration open through Dec. 7.
Hundreds of Holocaust survivors have contacted USC Shoah Foundation to express a desire to tell their stories. The Last Chance initiative will give them the opportunity.
A joint resolution from both houses of the California State Legislature honored USC Shoah Foundation for a quarter-century of Holocaust education and remembrance.
Wolf Gruner, founding director of USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research, began his quest to build a Holocaust library as soon as he arrived at USC a decade ago.
Director Stephen Smith’s presentation includes testimonies from Pinchas Gutter, the only member of his family to survive the Majdanek concentration camp, and Eva Schloss, the last living relative of Anne Frank.
Event marks the start of the 25th anniversary of the institute, which shares testimonies of 55,000 survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides.
At the star-studded Ambassadors for Humanity Gala, the pair are honored for their longstanding commitment to humanitarian causes and support of veterans.
Learning from eyewitnesses of some of history’s darkest moments, educators strive to teach the power of decency and respect.
A visit by survivor Pinchas Gutter to his homeland is a recollection of the family he lost and the life he might have lived.
USC Shoah Foundation develops technology that allows audiences to interact with the recorded image of a genocide survivor.
USC Shoah Foundation honors the couple for a commitment to humanitarian efforts.
The USC trustee receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
From Rwanda to Nanjing, the Shoah Foundation preserves the voices of genocide witnesses.
An interactive 3-D program allows students to engage firsthand with a Holocaust witness.
The filmmaker and founder of USC Shoah Foundation is awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor.
The testimonies of Holocaust survivors help scientists map the brain circuitry of their subjects.
Somber ceremony includes Russian, French presidents and dignitaries from around the world.